Phylogenetic signal in primate behaviour, ecology and life history

JM Kamilar, N Cooper - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2013‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Examining biological diversity in an explicitly evolutionary context has been the subject of
research for several decades, yet relatively recent advances in analytical techniques and the …

[ספר][B] Primate adaptation and evolution

JG Fleagle, AL Baden, CC Gilbert - 2024‏ - books.google.com
Primate Adaptation and Evolution, Fourth Edition provides key features of extant families
and references to more detailed texts. The book sets the scene and creates space for a …

Timing primate evolution: lessons from the discordance between molecular and paleontological estimates

ME Steiper, NM Young - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
The molecular clock has become an increasingly important tool in evolutionary biology and
biological anthropology. Nevertheless, a source of contention with respect to this method is …

Complete primate skeleton from the middle Eocene of Messel in Germany: morphology and paleobiology

JL Franzen, PD Gingerich, J Habersetzer, JH Hurum… - PLoS one, 2009‏ - journals.plos.org
Background The best European locality for complete Eocene mammal skeletons is Grube
Messel, near Darmstadt, Germany. Although the site was surrounded by a para-tropical rain …

[HTML][HTML] Low predator competition indicates occupation of macro-predatory niches by giant Miocene reptiles at La Venta, Colombia

OE Wilson, AK Parker - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The La Venta fauna of Colombia (∼ 13.5–11.5 Ma) represents the most diverse
Tertiary locality in the neotropics, with 75 mammal species and a highly non-analogue …

Comparative analyses of evolutionary rates reveal different pathways to encephalization in bats, carnivorans, and primates

JB Smaers, DKN Dechmann, A Goswami… - Proceedings of the …, 2012‏ - pnas.org
Variation in relative brain size is commonly interpreted as the result of selection on neuronal
capacity. However, this approach ignores that relative brain size is also linked to another …

Reconstructing the ups and downs of primate brain evolution: implications for adaptive hypotheses and Homo floresiensis

SH Montgomery, I Capellini, RA Barton, NI Mundy - BMC biology, 2010‏ - Springer
Background Brain size is a key adaptive trait. It is often assumed that increasing brain size
was a general evolutionary trend in primates, yet recent fossil discoveries have documented …

Adaptive origins of primates revisited

C Soligo, RD Martin - Journal of Human Evolution, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Interpretation of the adaptive profile of ancestral primates is controversial and has been
constrained for decades by general acceptance of the premise that the first primates were …

Macroevolutionary trends of brain mass in Primates

M Melchionna, A Mondanaro, C Serio… - Biological Journal of …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
A distinctive trait in primate evolution is the expansion in brain mass. The potential drivers of
this trend and how and whether encephalization influenced diversification dynamics in this …

Chewing on the trees: constraints and adaptation in the evolution of the primate mandible

C Meloro, NC Cáceres, F Carotenuto, J Sponchiado… - …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Chewing on different food types is a demanding biological function. The classic assumption
in studying the shape of feeding apparatuses is that animals are what they eat, meaning that …